TODAY. 2025 travel guide: Airline updates, authorization forms, more. Posted: January 1, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. Planning to travel in 2025?

There is a fee of $12.25 to submit the form. It takes about three days to get approved, but UK officials warn it could take longer. Once you’re approved, it is good for two years.

Starting in 2024, American passport holders traveling to 30 European countries will need to receive authorization to travel via the ETIAS, a long-awaited measure designed to prevent terrorism.

Every U.S. traveler, including children, visiting the U.K. or in transit elsewhere will be required to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) starting Jan. 8, 2025.

ETIAS is not a visa but an entry requirement, and it is valid for short-term tourism, business, medical, or transit purposes. With ETIAS travel authorization, you can enter and move about any of ...